1a Carters Cottages, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TJ

1a Carters Cottages is a one-bedroom detached house in Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 465 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–100 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 74). Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £188,000 is 10.6% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £170,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.